Once Wily had Vinyl settled in the new Skull Fortress - built because, with the location of the old one compromised, he needed a new base of operations that Mega Man didn't know where to find - he immediately began work on eight new Robot Masters with which to take over the world. However, two things made building them take a lot longer than expected. The first he'd anticipated, being that he was working alone instead of with Dr. Light.
The second was that Vinyl was constantly underfoot, trying to spend time with him. She was very distracting.
"Vinyl..." Wily whimpered at long last after yet another Robot Master blueprint turned into a cape to play Supers, only to be ruined when Vinyl inevitably spilled something on it, this time iced coffee. "Vinyl, how am I going to ever build the Robot Masters to take over the world when it's been two months and not a single blueprint has survived long enough to start construction?"
Vinyl hung her head. "Sowwy..."
Groaning, Wily pulled her into a hug. "I know you don't mean it...but it's hard enough coming up with these ideas. I mean, if you could help somehow..."
Vinyl's eyes lit up, and she dashed out of the room before dashing back in with several household objects, a few dolls, and some legos. She then began assembling them.
Wily stared as she quickly assembled eight toy robots. The first was made of red and yellow legos with a buzzsaw decal stuck to its forehead. The second was a fan with arms, legs, and eyes stuck to it. The third was a frog plushy with a scuba mask. The fourth was a Viewtiful Joe figurine, recolored and having its V mask turned into a headpiece. The fifth action figure had its hands replaced with launchable drill missiles. The sixth doll had had its hand replaced by a flash bulb. The seventh was a zippo with limbs and a face stuck to it. The final one was a rain stick she'd attached eyes and limbs to. "Ta-dah!" she proclaimed proudly.
Wily stared at them for a time. "...these are your ideas for my next eight Robot Masters?" he asked, not sure whether to laugh or groan. When Vinyl nodded eagerly, he shook his head. "Not exactly the most impressive or intimidating of designs..."
Vinyl put her forelocks together over her head, then clapped her forehooves together a few times.
"Well, Cutman wasn't exactly designed for combat..." Wily countered.
Vinyl lifted her glasses off her head and proceeded to thrust downward with them repeatedly in a stabbing motion.
Wily chuckled. "True. Mega Man probably is still having nightmares about Cut Man's Freak Mode...assuming he has dreams." His eyes lit up. "Wait, are you saying the almost comical lack of intimidation factor on these new Robot Masters will lull Mega Man into a false sense of security, letting them tear him apart?"
Vinyl nodded eagerly. "Make a big boom!" she agreed.
Grinning widely, Wily pulled out a new blueprint sheet. "Alright. Let's see about making them actually work, shall we?"
"Vinyl, why would I deliberately design my Robot Masters to be weak against each others weapons?" Wily demanded after Vinyl had added something to the blueprints that left him completely poleaxed. "It makes absolutely no sense! Why would I make the fight easier for Mega Man?"
"Feek chip!" Vinyl proclaimed proudly.
"...what?"
Smiling, Vinyl dumped out a bag of computer chips, spilling them over the table. Picking one up, she plugged it into the design computer.
Wily stared at the code that was called up. "This...this is the code that triggered freak mode in the original six Robot Masters," he pointed out in amazement. "How'd you isolate it like this?"
"Magic!" Vinyl proclaimed happily, then sniffed twice cutely. She'd gotten the sniffles recently, which was why she was currently wearing a super thick woolly sweater, a scarf that was longer than her entire body, thick woolly socks, ear muffs, and had a cup of hot tea and a bowl of chicken soup sitting in front of her. Wily had drawn the line there, however, reminding Protoman that it was his sister, Roll, who was the housekeeper bot. He would have drawn the line sooner, but Vinyl looked absolutely adorable all bundled up like this, and she seemed to like the attention.
As much as Wily wanted an explanation further than 'magic', Vinyl wasn't speaking in complete sentences yet, so there was only so much she could tell him. Besides, he could figure out most of what she tried to tell him in other areas, and 'how' she made these chips work wasn't so important, considering there were at least 100 of them, hopefully far more than he'd ever need, no matter how many times he had to try to take over the world. "So...if I install these chips in the Robot Masters, they'll have Freak Mode?"
Grinning, Vinyl pointed to where she'd marked out weaknesses, lowering her head to noisily slurp up her soup.
Wily's eyes widened. "And rather than it being randomly coded to activate based on personality input, it'll be designed to activate when they're hit with their Weapon weakness? Of course! And with the weaknesses so obvious and logical, Mega Man would be an idiot not to try to use them...and then the Robot Masters Freak Out!"
Vinyl clapped her hooves happily, pleased to see that Wily got it...though apparently less than pleased at the way her socks muffled the sound of her applause. Her pout was absolutely adorable.
Wily chuckled wickedly. "This is going to make watching the battles so much fun, isn't it?" he asked. "Pity whoever Mega Man fights first won't go into Freak Mode..."
Vinyl frowned, scratching her head for a bit. Grabbing a pencil in her mouth, she began making sketches on a piece of blank paper. Wily was almost afraid to find out what she was going to create next.
...almost.
Sh*t's about to hit the fan. Calling it now
Another enjoyable chapter. Good job.
I like it
XD poor megaman
Not sure if you were aware of this and were referencing it, but the Robot Master designs from Mega Man 2 were actually submitted to Capcom by the fans via a design contest. Seems Wily's Robot Master designs were made in a similar manner here as they were in real life.
That depiction of Vinyl was beyond adorable. How the hell do you get me to fall in love with every single one of these little fillies? I mean seriously. There should be a limit on what my heart can take before failing... maybe I should have it checked just to make sure it still beats. I'm starting to worry it has already stop and no one bothered reminding me I should be dead.
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Did not know that.
Now imagine this in the actual games. It would take forever to beat Mega Man 2!
I wonder how Discord and Luna interact with each other.
Well, that answers that.
6408448 Sh*t has already hit the fan. You just don't know it yet.
6408480 pretty much every robot master design from MM2 and forward was a fan submission if i remember well
6408500 Good point
Vinyl, you are the best asset when one tries to take over the world.
... Given that Bubbleman will most likely be the first Robot Master that Megaman faces, could you maybe base his Freak Mode around Promise of Redemption by The Megas?
Tat, how do you find the time for all this writing?
6408510 you're right, every boss from 2 onward(save a few) were all fan creations.
Make it so he can't defeat Airman!
I want a chapter where Protoman has to babysit Vinyl, that would be adorable and hilarious
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I have no idea what that is.
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Because I have no life...
...and there's the depression that kicks in whenever someone asks that question...
6408540 lt's the following song:
6408540 D: !
*giant pile of hugs*
... I am terrified of Vinyl building in a boss tactic switch at half health that calls on the Freak Mode. Also, just now noticed this for myself, but I have started thinking of the switch as a digivolution. It's not quite to that level yet, but...
6406659 Sure thing!
I have a devious Idea i wish to share with Vinyl. My Idea is simple, give the bosses a mode (used when/if megaman makes it to the new skull castle) where all 8 Robot Masters, combine into one huge robot, with out each others weakness to weapons they originally had, Further, this Giant Robot's "Freakout Mode" allows it to use ALL of the same weapons they had individually at once, and also reduces the damage it takes by half, this adding to its already high defense.
6408512 eeyup
Now I think of the many Hyadain songs I've heard on youtube. My favorite one is Metal Man, Made of Metal.
I always wondered what Wily was smoking when he came up with the idea of Woodman... this makes much more sense! I suggest Wily also comes up with items 1 through 3 as things to help Vinyl get around.... though I bet she hacks Item 2 so it goes real fast and Wily nearly has a heart attack.
6408535 So very true!!!!
6408540 You have a lot more of a life than other people. You make people happy with your writing. You improve my day every time I see one of your stories update. You're one of my favorite authors, and if that doesn't give your life purpose, and give you a life in general, then I don't know what would. What you choose to do with your time is meaningful. You're choosing to do something you enjoy, and you are impacting the lives of others. Our lives are not defined by a profession or job, our lives are defined by what we do, whatever that might be, and the effect it has on the lives of others.
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...thank you.
6409039 You're always welcome.
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It's going to be fun to see what happens when Mega encounters the MM2 Robot Masters.
With the possibility of giving a Freak Mode to other Robot Masters... The sheer thought of what Air Man would be like terrifies me.
I wonder if Vinyl will get to speaking complete sentences by the end of this story. Kinda hope for her to interact with Wily as an if not adult, then at least teenager.
6409326 I'm GOING TO BLOW YOU Away!
Is it sad that I really wished an artist would make a picture of bundled up Vinyl? It just sounds so cute.
Ok whos the evil genious willy or vinyl
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I'm going to go with "yes".
6411446 ye m8.
ah nothing as sweet as watching a father and daughter trying to take over the world.
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"Gee Dad, what do you wanna do tonight?"
"The same thing we do every night Vinyl. Watch educational television, have a shower before bed, and tweak our latest plans to try to take over the world!"
"Yes!"
"...What?"
"Ancient Aliens on tonight!"
"...." Wily slowly looks away and coughs.
"What? You like dat show! UFOs!"
"... ... I can't believe you were awake that night."
"Muahahahahaaa!"
6413281 pinke and the brain referance
this is how me and my daughter bond,she wears a tiny labcoat.
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Yes!
6418983 I was kinda hoping for a Bass like the one in "Bob and George" pretty silly and funny webcomic. In it bass was stupid, had the hots for Roll, loved icecream, and called Wily Dad.
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Poor Air Man.
So wait, does this mean the Hulks explanation of 'magic, *snort snort*' was based off of this? What do you know?
i NEED a picture of this
6682495 Nope. Both hulk's and Vinyl's magic explanations are based on Mister bean's "Magic *snort snort*" thingie.